9th February 2010 – Three additional party bands!

The visiting artiste line up is now complete for the 30th Shetland Folk Festival with the fantastic additions of The Wiyos from the States, booked right on the back of their appearances at Celtic Connections. Scottish Folk Band of the Year, Bodega are also confirmed as appearing whilst Feolta, winners of a Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections in 2008 will perform as this year’s sessions band!

Tickets for the one-off appearance by The Singing Kettle go on sale on Saturday 13th February, between 10am and 3pm. Priced at £10 each, you can purchase them by calling along the Festival Office, 5 Burns Lane, Lerwick or by phoning 01595 696349 during those hours.

The advance membership deadline is 26th February. Advance members will have the opportunity of booking all other concert tickets from mid March. Booking for all remaining tickets and/or additional membership purchase will be open to all from the 2nd April.

22nd January 2010 - Advance memberships available

Advance memberships can now be purchased by downloading, completing and returning this form before the 26th February. Being an advance member will give you access to ticket booking, three weeks before the general public. Please write your email address clearly. Thank you.

19th January 2010 - Fancy a brew?

The organising committee are absolutely thrilled to announce that the Singing Kettle, BAFTA Award Winning and decorated with MBE's for services to children's entertainment, have been booked for a one-off teatime performance on the opening day of the 30th Festival, Thursday 29th April.

Tickets for this one-off performance are priced at £10 for all and will go on sale at 10am on Saturday 13th February, at the Shetland Folk Festival Offices at 5 Burns Lane, Lerwick. Tickets for all other Festival concerts will go on sale in the usual manner to advance Festival members from mid-March and then to everyone else from the 2nd April. Advance memberships will be available for purchase from 22nd January until 29th February on this website.

6th January 2010 - 30th Anniversary Provisional Lineup Announced

Happy New Year folks! We are mightily excited that we are now in the year that will also celebrate our 30th Anniversary Festival. Today is the first of a few announcements to be made over the coming weeks. We are absolutely thrilled to be announcing a provisional line up of fourteen visiting bands whose musicians hail from Scotland, USA, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, France, Slovenia and England. It's a mixture of first timers and festival favourites from years gone by - and the perfect party combination. Enjoy.

View the press release